State Hospital Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[F][C][Dm][C][F][C][G][C]
[F]The half-backflip

[Verse 1]
[C]
Concep[G]tion [C]state hos[G]pital [C]birth
[F]The most threadbare,
[C]tall sto[G]ry the country has ever hea[C]rd[F]
Brought [C]home to [Em]breath [Dm]smoke
in the [C]arms [G]of her mother
The blunt kit[Am]chen [C]knife,
[F]who just lays in a submis[C]sive po [Em]sition
[Dm]Beneath a na t[C]ional weight,
and the slow arc of [F]a fist

[Verse 2]
Her heart [Em]beats like [C]a breezeblock
[F], thrown down the stair[Em]s[C][F]
Her blood is [Em]thicker than con[C]crete,
[F]forced to be brave, she [Em]was
Born [C]into [F]a g[Em]rave[G]
[C][G]

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][Em]
[G][C][G][C]

[Verse 3]
[F]And in the limp through yea[C]rs
of [Em]bored [G]schooling
She's ac[C]customed to hear[G]ing
that she could never [C]run far
[F]A slipped disc in the s[Em]pine of community
[G]A blo[C]ody curse wor[G]d in a
[C]pedestrian [G]verse
[F]Spirits in graveyar[G]ds and
[Em]fingers in [G]car parks
She [C]cries on the high [G]street
[C]just to be [G]heard.[C]
[F]A screaming anchor for[G]
[Em]nothing in [C]particu[G]lar
At [C]the foot of the fuck of it
Dragging her heels in the [F]dirt

[Verse 4]
Her heart [Em]beats like [C]a breezeblock
[F], thrown down the [C]stair[F]s
Her blood is [Em]thicker than con[C]crete,
[F]forced to be brave, she was
Born into [C]a grave

[Interlude 2]
[F][C][F]
The cheek of [C]youth flashed

[Verse 5]
[C]
red and turned grey
[G]Now she [C]lies on the pavement
[Em]she is helped to her feet[F][C][F]
All thighs, hair and [C]magpie
hand[Dm]bags
[C]Saturday's uniform for the 'fuck
me' [Am]parade[Em][F]
Brought [Em]home to keep [Dm]warm in [C]the arms of a plumber,
ruddy an[Am]d ba[Em]lding[C]
[F]Who just needs a spine
[C]to dig in [Dm]to
[C]A chest for the head and a
[Em]hand for the hold[C]ing

[Verse 6]
[F]Her heart bea[Em]ts like a b[C]reezeblock
[F], thrown down the [C]stair[F]s
Her blood is [Em]thicker [C]than concrete,
[F]forced to be brave, she was

[Interlude 3]
She was
[Em][Am][C][F][Em][Am][C][F][Am][C]
[Em][Am][F][Em][Am][C][Dm][Em][Dm]
[C][F]

[Verse 7]
Her heart beat[Em]s like a b[C]reezeblock
[F], thrown down the [Em]stairs
[C]Her[F] skin is thicke[Em]r than concrete,[C]
[F]forced to be brave, she was
She was

[Verse 8]
A broken [Em]elevator an[C]them,
[F]held between [Em]floors
[C]But[F] if blood is thicke[Em]r than concrete,[C]
[F]all is not lost.
All is not [C]lost[F]
All is not lost
[C]All[F] is not lost
[C]All [F]is [C]not[F]
lost